Why should you trust me on chafing? Well, I once ran the equivalent of 67 marathons in 67 days with a 25-pound backpack on. This is my toolkit for anyone trying to avoid pain. Lube up: Anti-chafing products like petroleum jelly or specialized balms are your best anti-chafe defense. Even if your carefully selected fabrics… Continue reading Best Running Underwear to Beat Burn on Your Bits (2025)
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TikTok Is Already Back Online
Less than 24 hours after going dark, TikTok says it has come back online after President-elect Donald Trump gave the company’s service providers—presumably Apple, Google, and Oracle—reassurance that his administration wouldn’t enforce a law banning the app in the first place. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,”… Continue reading TikTok Is Already Back Online
Waymo Finds a Way Around US Restrictions Targeting Chinese Cars
This week, President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration finalized rules effectively banning all Chinese- and Russian-connected vehicle tech from American roads—a landmark crackdown with far-reaching effects, not least on the rising trade of inexpensive Chinese EVs. The US Commerce Department has argued that the rules, first proposed in September, are necessary to protect American vehicles from… Continue reading Waymo Finds a Way Around US Restrictions Targeting Chinese Cars
Honor Magic 7 Pro Review: Refined Flagship
Honor’s Magic 7 Pro is a refined flagship Android phone that weaves the latest AI features with cutting-edge hardware. It excels everywhere that matters. You get an incredibly versatile camera, impressive stamina, speedy charging, silky smooth performance, and an excellent display. Several subtle but important improvements over its predecessor elevate this smartphone to the next… Continue reading Honor Magic 7 Pro Review: Refined Flagship
The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight
As the United States scrambles to kick China out of its communications networks, Jessica Rosenworcel, the outgoing Democratic chair of the Federal Communications Commission, says it’s vital for her Republican successor to maintain strong oversight of the telecommunications industry. The government is still reeling from the Chinese “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign that penetrated at least… Continue reading The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight
US Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban Law
The US Supreme Court upheld a law on Friday that could result in a ban on TikTok in the United States this Sunday. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community,” the court’s unanimous opinion reads.… Continue reading US Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban Law
Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media
There was a time when Mark Zuckerberg didn’t regard mainstream media as the enemy. He even allowed me, a card-carrying legacy media person, into his home. In April 2018, I ventured there to hear his plans to do the right thing. It was part of my years-long embed into Facebook to write a book. For… Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media
Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?
After the first 20 minutes, the water temperature seemed to increase at a fairly constant rate of 0.0006 degrees Celsius per second. This increase in temperature means there is an increase in thermal energy, which we can calculate as: Here m is the mass of the stuff (in this case, water), and C is the… Continue reading Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?
Xiaohongshu Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu—better known internationally as RedNote—is scrambling to boost its ability to moderate English-language content after hundreds of thousands of American users suddenly joined the platform in anticipation of TikTok potentially being banned in the United States on Sunday. WIRED identified a handful of job listings posted to recruitment platforms by… Continue reading Xiaohongshu Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun
A crypto investor has brought a class action lawsuit against Pump.Fun, a platform for launching and investing in meme-inspired cryptocurrencies, after suffering trading losses. Representing the plaintiffs are Wolf Popper and Burwick Law, the two firms handling a separate class action brought by investors in December over a memecoin launched by web personality Haliey Welch,… Continue reading They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun